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JOHN CLINTON, OF LIVINGSTON, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS D.

MILLEA, JOHN D. MILLEA, AND MICHAEL J. CARROLL, OF SPRING- FIELD,MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,250, datedSeptember 30, 1902.

I Application filed January 9. 1902. Serial No. 88,988. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN CLINTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Livingston, in the county of Park and State of Montana, haveinvented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to gates which are operated by levers remotelyplaced relative to the gate itself; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of actuating and locking and unlockingmembers, as hereinafter fully described,and particularly pointed out inthe claims; and the object of my improvementis to provide means forunlocking, swinging, and locking the gate at a single operation or by asingle movement to open or close the same, said means being simple inconstruction and operation comparatively inexpensive, not liable to getout of order, durahle, and effectual. Simplicity and cheapness ofconstruction are two essential and valuable features of my invention, asheretofore gates designed for use on farms, ranches, and the like havebeen too complicated and expensive for practical purposes. I attainthese objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the device, showing the gateclosed, one of the operating-levers and its post being removed; Fig. 2,an elevation at right angles to the one shown in Fig. 1 and back of thelocking-post, the operatinglevers being broken away,the gate being open;Fig. 3, a plan View of the device; Fig. 4, an inside view of thelocking-post; and Fig. 5, a top view of the rear of the gate, showing amodification of the actuating or rotary member.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

The gate A may be made up in any suitable manner, but should be providedwith a rear upright and a front upright 11, said uprights beingconnected by bars, cross-pieces, braces, or otherwise, as desired.

In the rear of the upright 10 is a post 12, having its base set into theground. The gate A is hung from the post 12 by means of the hinges 13and 14, respectively fastened to the upright 10 and said post, and bythe vertical rod 15,which passes through said hinges. Rigidly attachedto the upper end of the rod 15 is a rotary member, consisting in thiscase of a horizontal pulley 16. A bracket 17 of suitable construction issecurely fastened to the back of the post 12 and has vertical idlers 1818, pivoted at 19 19, therein.

Set into the ground at the right and left of the post 12 and somedistance therefrom are posts 20 20, each having a lever 21, pivoted tothe top thereof at 22. A cord 23 is fastened to the inner end of one ofthe levers 21, and said cord extends downward under the adjacent idler19, thence around the opposite side of the pulley 16, to which it isfastened at 23, and finally passes to the rear end of the latchrod 24. Acord 25 is fastened to the corresponding end of the other lever 21,passes downward beneath the adjacent idler 19 and around the pulley 16on the side opposite the cord 23, and thence to the rear end of the rod24, to which it is secured. The cord 25 is fastened at 25 to the pulley16.

A post 26 is set into the ground in front of and a little remote fromthe gate upright 11, and on the upper part of the side of this post,which is adjacent to the upright 11, is a catch 27. (Best shown in Figs.3 and 4.)' The catch 27 is provided with two horizontallyprojecti'ngtriangular-shaped prongs 27, the inner edges of which are parallel witheach other. The spring-latch 28 is screwed or otherwise fastened at itsbase to the front face of the upright 11 and is adapted to enter thespace between the prongs 27, since the upper terminal of said latchnormally stands out from the face of said upright. The rod 24 has itsfront end fastened to the free end of the latch 28, and the cords 23 and25 are attached to the rear end of said rod, as before stated. The rod24 is held in place by and reciprocates through a keeper 29 on the upperbar of the gate A and through the upper part of the upright 11. Eachpost 20 is provided with a catch 27 at the proper height to lock thegate when it is swung open, as will presently be described.

Assuming that the gate is closed, as shown in Fig. 1, and that it isapproached from the side shown therein, the operation is as follows:Depress the free end of the lever 21, to

which the cord 25 is attached, by drawing down the handle 30, whichdepends therefrom. This action of course elevates the opposite end ofthe lever and draws up and pulls backward the cord 25, which immediatelydraws the rod 24, with the latch 28, toward the rear and disengages saidlatch from the catch 27. tinued upward and rearward movement of the cord25 further rotates the pulley 16 and the rod and swings the gate A, nowreleased from its restraining-catch, away from the operator and into aposition parallel with the road. The latch 28 instantly springs intoengagement with the catch 27 on the post 20, to which the upright 11 isnow adjacent, and locks the gate in. its open position. Having passed011 to the free end of the other lever 21, the operator pulls down thehandle 30, and said lever is actuated to draw the cord 2311pward andbackward, by which the gate is unlocked and swung forward into itsclosed position across the road in precisely the same manner as it wasopened, the latch 28 engaging the catch on the post 26 to complete theoperation. If the operator approaches from the opposite direction, themovements and operations are the same, except that the gate in this caseswings open in the direction in dicated by the arrow at in Fig. 8.

The construction herein set forth provides for unlocking and swingingthe gate by a single positive movement of the primary members withoutthe aid of auxiliary levers, springs, or weights or other contrivances.

It will be understood, of course, that the gate should be hung so as toclear the ground between the posts 26 and 20 20.

Instead of using the pulley 16 for the rotary member a cross-bar 16 maybe employed,

and this cross-bar can be centered on a stud 15 at the top of theupright 10, so as to stand substantially at right angles to the gate A,if desired, the cords 23 and 25 being fastened to the ends of saidcross-bar. This modification does not materially change or alfect theoperation hereinbefore described.

As above intimated, a cross-bar might be substituted for the pulley 16on the end of the rod 15; but said pulley, or at least the rear portionof it, is preferred, for the reason that the same serves to take up theslack of As soon as this is done the conthe cords when the gate isswung, and thus provide against lost motion on the part of the leversand cords and stiffen the gatebearings, consequently making the devicemore positive in operation. Chains may be substituted in part or inwhole for the cords 23 and 25, and minor changes other than thosementioned which do not depart from the nature of my invention may bemade.

I am aware that swinging gates are old and do not seek to claim,broadly, such a gate operated by levers located at a distance therefrom; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a post and a gate hinged thereto, of a rotarymember at the rear of said gate, a spring-latch on the front of thegate, a post having a catch interposed in the path of travel of saidgate-latch which is adapted to be engaged by and disengaged from saidcatch, a reciprocating rod attached at one end to the latch, cordsfastened to the other end of said rod and at opposite points on saidrotary member, idlers bracketed to the first-mentioned gate-post, underwhich said cords pass, and operating-levers to which the cords areattached, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination with a post and a gate connected therewith by hingesand a rod, of a rotary member fast on said rod, a springlatch on thefront of said gate, a post having a catch interposed in the path oftravel of said gate-latch which is adapted to be engaged by anddisengaged from said catch, a reciprocating rod attached at one end tothe latch, cords fastened to the other end of said rod and at oppositepoints on said rotary member, idlers bracketed to the first-mentionedgate-post, under which said cords pass, and operating-levers to whichsaid cords are attached, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN CLINTON;

\Vitnesses:

M. J. CARROLL, T. D. MILLEA.

